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I have lived in the Western New York area my entire life, except for a short time between 2004-2006 when my husband and I moved to Virginia with our children. While there, I started attending a Pentecostal Church (Victory Tabernacle). Wow, it was a far cry from the Catholic Church I was used to. I [...]
Last week I show up for chemo and the doc says my liver count is high. No chemo. I was a bit concerned because over the past 10 months I haven’t missed a day of chemo. So, I wait a week and go back to find out the results of my latest blood work. My [...]
Yes I’m a martial artist. I’ve been taking Tae Kwon Do at Master Khechen’s Martial Arts & Fitness Academy for a couple of years now. Both my daughters are junior black belts. My Kayla has continued on and hopes to be an instructor. A little about how this journey started. At first, I would just [...]
How did I get lung cancer? That’s a good question. Doctors always said that lung cancer is one of the easiest cancer’s to avoid, if you just quit smoking. Whew that’s good, cause I don’t want lung cancer.
Never having chemo before, I had no idea what I was getting into. I was naive and set myself up for this extremely complicated procedure. Turns out, chemo isn’t so scary. It’s a lot easier than Gamma Knife. You basically sit in a chair and they hook you up to an IV. At the onset, [...]
I was diagnosed on January 29, 2012 with Stage IV Lung Cancer and was originally given one year to live. How the heck can I say it’s just cancer? Honestly, from the beginning I felt like it was a mistake. That someone was going to tell me that they got the names mixed up. It [...]
Got home from chemo at Roswell. It appears that there is a nodule in the pleura in my right lung that has grown from 5 mm to 9 mm. The chemo I have been on is still working to beat and/or maintain cancer throughout, however, this growth is being a troublemaker. LOL
